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For the 121st year in a row, the Middlebury Campus continued its mission of fair, thorough and valuable reporting for the Middlebury community. In a year of transition, we reported on the inauguration of President Ian Baucom, the closing of the Institute at Monterrey, and the opening of New Battell, ...

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The Setonian
Opinion

Make Middlebury great again

By Ignacio N. Gamero | May 7, 2026

This past year, as part of the leadership team of the Middlebury College Republicans (MCR), I experienced everything from praise by college leadership and national-level figures, including President Obama’s speechwriter, to threats, false accusations, and targeted harassment. I became an icon living ...

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Arts & Culture

Makes Ya Feel: And with that…

By Ellie Trinkle | May 7, 2026

Gallery hoppers, Spotify stalkers, bookworms, Letterboxd users and anyone who enjoys art, this is the place for you. Makes Ya Feel highlights art across all of its mediums, small and large-scale, that (you guessed it) makes ya feel!

The Setonian
Opinion

Notes from the desk: What journalism is…and is not

By Mandy Berghela | May 7, 2026

The Middlebury Campus has been student-run since 1905. It is editorially independent. This past semester, MiddStories, the publication of Middlebury’s Office of Communications, began publishing on the same day of the week as The Middlebury Campus. That overlap matters a bit more than it may seem.

The Setonian
Opinion

Notes from the desk: No experience required. We mean it.

By Yuvraj Shah | May 7, 2026

“No experience required.” When I read that The Campus was hiring a new opinions editor, I was excited to apply. I had close to zero experience editing writing, let alone articles for a print newspaper. Nevertheless, I took the “no experience required” to heart, and as I look back, I encourage ...

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Sports

Tapped-out: Signing off

By Simon Schmieder | May 7, 2026

Being diagnosed with a femoral stress fracture in September of your first semester is not the ideal way to begin a college running career. Even once your new bone cells have filled in the cracks, certain mental fault lines may persist. You’ll question what could’ve been so wrong for such an injury ...

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Arts & Culture

Conversational Art: Liefe Temple

By Christy Liang | April 30, 2026

Christy Liang: Who are you as an artist? Liefe Temple ’25.5: I am a dancer. That is my art. I would say I am fairly new to considering myself an artist. Before I started at Middlebury, I wasn’t. I danced for fun growing up, and I thought I would continue doing that here. But then I met the dance ...

The Setonian
Opinion

Why you should make art!

By Olive Austin | April 30, 2026

Finding a creative outlet can help reduce stress, strengthen community and promote mental health without demanding too much of your schedule. Arts engagement on campus is an important way not only to build connections but also to take care of ourselves, and you should get involved!

The Setonian
Opinion

What’s better than watching people suffer?

By Zach Marcus | April 30, 2026

A couple weeks ago, the professional basketball player Jaden Ivey went live on Instagram and criticized the NBA’s promotion of Pride Month, resulting in his dismissal from the Chicago Bulls. The video starts with him driving in a car, criticizing the league for celebrating “unrighteousness.” As ...

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Sports

Tapped-in: Steeplechase

By Simon Schmieder | April 30, 2026

Among the more peculiar events of track & field are the javelin, pole vault and triple jump: Launching a spear, launching yourself with a spear of sorts, and tactical skipping into a sandbox. Then there is the steeplechase: roughly seven laps on the track, 28 regular barriers, and seven water jumps. ...

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